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Originally Posted by cephasjames
I don't think he should be suspended but I do think he had a hand in the escalation of the fracas. Garret's tackle of Rudolph, I believe, was flag-worthy, roughing the passer (late hit, tackled him to the ground after the late hit), even though it was not called. I think Rudolph felt the same and acted out in frustration/anger by taking hold of Garrett's helmet and yanking it around (I didn't notice any groin-shots). If I were Garrett, that would've made me upset. I believe Rudolph's helmet yanking is what set Garrett off. Garrett then went off the deep end. It's the whole "The guy who shoves first tends to not get flagged. The one who shoves back does" type of thing.
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You see that type of late hit and rustling on the ground all the time. Normally it's just off-setting 15 yard penalties if it gets called at all and no one remembers it happened.
What you do not see all the time is a guy swinging a helmet at someones head. That's a lot more extreme than shoving and shoving back.